Ok i'm a bit worried I have an STI, heres the facts, 2 tuesdays ago I had unprotected sex with my new girlfriend, but I suffer from crohn's disease so on the wednesday I had a colonoscopy, I got out of hospital after and was fine, it came to about half past 8 or 9pmish and I suddenly felt dizz so I went to bed, I woke up about 12am sweating and thought I was seeing things also, then later I started shivering, so I went to the doctors and he put it down to the crohns, but after 2 days I felt fine again but then I found a red rash on my testicles so went back to the doctors and he looked at it and instantly said it wasn't an sti but just a rash and again put it down to maybe being something the hospital used during my examination and gave me canesten cream, i've been on this for 4 days now and the rash isn't going away, its not getting worse which is good but I still feel at the back of my mind that it could be an sti, after having a look on the internet at what it could be I got worried after some symptoms were linked to HIV which I am terrified about, should I be worried or trust my doctor?? many thanks

From what you have said in this post it doesnt sound like HIV at all, but if you are worried you can always call GUM and arrange a test. To be honest it sounds more like an allergic reaction to something. I wouldnt worry yourself too much. About the only STI's I know of that have external symptoms are genital herpes and pubic crabs. Pubic crabs you dont usually get a rash and there are usually other signs you spot and genital herpes spots appear. The canatan cream would probably be if it was thinking it was a bout of thrush. It wont cure an allergic reaction. Also the cream may irrtate the rash,

Many thanks for the advice, it has eased my concern a little, although last night a started to get a little bit of a sore throat, should i start worrying again?? but apart from the sore throat i'm fine, i think i'm just a bit nervous, as with having crohns alot of things get put down to that so its hard to diagnose other things that may be wrong, and just to ask about what was said in the reply, does that mean that HIV shows no external symptoms?? thanks again for your help!

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